Spring officially begins this Sunday, March 20th at 6:21 PM CT. Unfortunately, we are going to see temperatures take a nose-dive for the mid 30s to lower 40s at the end of the week. On Sunday the QCA could experience its first round of strong thunderstorms for the year. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC), which issues the severe thunderstorm and tornado watches for the entire U.S., has issued a slight risk for severe weather just Southwest of the QCA. Now a slight risk means that conditions could be favorable for some storms to become severe. A thunderstorm is classified as severe when wind gusts are 58 mph or greater and/or when there is hail of one inch in diameter or larger. The main concerns for those in the slight risk area for Sunday is for hail. Despite heavy rains for us in the Quad Cities, it appears most of the severe weather, if it occurs, will be to our Southwest on Sunday. The heavy rains this week will certainly not help those who live along the Mississippi River concerned with flooding, however, the good news is the latest flood river outlook from the National Weather Service (seen below) does not show that flooding is imminent just yet for the upcoming week.
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